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    The surname Wirtz

    A German surname, carried by 4,166 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W632

    Wirtz: #7,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wirtz #7,942, 4,166 people Wirtz: #7,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wirtz #7,942, 4,166 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wirtz is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Wirtz.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,166 people named Wirtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,111 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,023.

    #7,942
    rank among US surnames
    4,166
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,620)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,937Riccio4,16974,057
    #7,939Rutland4,16874,075
    #7,940Waddle4,16774,093
    #7,942Wirtz4,16674,111
    #7,944Mele4,16574,129
    #7,947Czarnecki4,16474,146

    Who is named Wirtz

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Wirtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wirtzs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • W. Willard Wirtz
      American Secretary of Labor (1912-2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Virts

    Surnames that sound like Wirtz

    Wirtz has the Soundex code W632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W632.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wirtz come from?
    Borrowed from German Wirtz.
    How common is the surname Wirtz?
    4,166 people in the United States had the surname Wirtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,111 Americans. It ranked 7,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wirtz?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wirtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wirtz?
    W. Willard Wirtz, American Secretary of Labor (1912-2010).
    Where is the surname Wirtz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wirtz in the United States.
    Is the surname Wirtz getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,166 in 2010, up 3.6%.
    What are other spellings of Wirtz?
    Virts.